Author Topic: Early Breakfast vs. Current Breakfast (Read 5911 times)

davepeck · « **Reply #15 on:** June 20, 2005, 06:10:22 pm »

on 9/12/01, the band\'s van and trailer was stolen in boston. almost all equipment = gone. a little while after, i let adrian borrow my drums for 3+ years...

mvallo · « **Reply #16 on:** June 20, 2005, 07:09:06 pm »

After the band purchased in-ear monitors I noticed a dramatic improvement in their pitch and harmony. once they figured how to use them it was almost night and day. Some of the older stuff is really bad vocally. for a long while we just accepted the fact that they were a jam band and jam bands can\'t sing. Today, I wouldn\'t say they\'re an acapella quartet, but they are a hell of a lot better then back in 2001 and pre-in-ear.

Personally I liked tim\'s guitar sound better before the "stolen equipment incident". It had a more full sound, less pedal-driven effect. Now it seems to be over compressed and a bit over-driven for my taste. I think it started when he got the Mesa. This is just my opinion and I am sure others will disagree.

Rujah · « **Reply #17 on:** June 20, 2005, 07:27:57 pm »

damn bostonians. prob still no idea of who did it huh? whoever stole their stuff, what goes around comes around I guess

skalnbyc · « **Reply #18 on:** June 20, 2005, 07:43:53 pm »

Quote from: davepeck

on 9/12/01, the band\'s van and trailer was stolen in boston. almost all equipment = gone. a little while after, i let adrian borrow my drums for 3+ years...

Tough week:

9/11 followed by 9/12

Buquebus · « **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2005, 07:45:26 pm »

September 13th, 2001 - Harper\'s Ferry - Allston, MA

I: Hope* > Language of the Gods, Food For Thought**, Chameleon > Hard Luck Harry > Fairy > Drum Solo, Bugs > See the Light > Son of Simpleton, God Bless America
* Theme of the night ?Hope?
** Poem written by Tim Palmieri called ?911?
anyone have a copy of this little nugget?? night after the gear was ganked. anyone there?? as much as I dislike Harper\'s it would be nice to see them play this place again, due to its close proximity to my hood

kindm's · « **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2005, 07:46:06 pm »

Several bands got hit that year and in Boston and NYC. I think someone figured out the vans/trailers are easy targets for making big money quick.

As for Old vs. New.

I think we got a lot more FUNK in the early days. The band had that funkiness to them. they still do but not as much. I think 1 thing I have really noticed is that there never seems to be any slow downs anymore. What I am trying to say (poorly) is the band has slower songs and stuff but they never seem to "break it down" anymore. They always seem to rev up the jams and then pull them back to come back in to the song. They very rarely in my experience slow something way way down for the other side of the spectrum get really nasty that way as opposed to Tim just shredding the **** out of something. Perhaps that is why I have been really drawn to Rons playing. He has been really keeping that Bass line tight and I can still here some of what I am talking about in his runs but the band as a whole not so much.

Vocals are def. better than they used to be. I agree with the in-ear monitors improving the vocals but a lot of that has to do maturity. They are just older and know (sometimes

) where their vocal ranges are.

PB had good kick ass venues to play. The Breakfast not so much (most of them have closed).

Too bad we cant get a Breakfast show at Tobacco Road. That would have been a hell of a time

jocelyn · « **Reply #21 on:** June 20, 2005, 07:47:12 pm »

Wow it seems like yesterday when all of their stuff was stolen... I can\'t believe it was that logn ago....

WALSH · « **Reply #22 on:** June 20, 2005, 09:57:29 pm »

Quote from: Wolfman

Big shows and any shows on the road are buttoned up, trying to keep the crowd interested. Small shows in CT they totally let it hang loose i.e. Sully\'s, Cafe 9, and Porter\'s, which, it should be noted, have been widely regarded as the best shows in the last year.

This is what I do not get. I understand new album, I have heard this. BUT, there are other bands that have put out new albums and played the stuff off it alot, yet there are ALSO new songs alredy being tested all around the country at the same time.? If the shows that are mixed up are considered the best by even those who weren\'t there...shouldn\'t every show be mixed and unpredictable like that. THEN more people might go ON THE ROAD to see tB MORE! The MORE people that travel to see them, due to the unpredictability, added into the people that check them out local make for BIGGER shows!

jking · « **Reply #23 on:** June 20, 2005, 10:19:52 pm »

Quote from: Wolfman

Small shows in CT they totally let it hang loose i.e. Sully\'s, Cafe 9, and Porter\'s, which, it should be noted, have been widely regarded as the best shows in the last year.

don\'t forget uac.

edit: whoops! this is daffodil.

Stephengencs · « **Reply #24 on:** June 20, 2005, 11:43:51 pm »

Quote from: WALSH

The MORE people that travel to see them, due to the unpredictability, added into the people that check them out local make for BIGGER shows!

i am waiting for them to come on even remotely close to the showtimes that are advertised/posted on tickets, websites, threads, etc.... people know they dont have to show up till 11 or so because there are like 5 openers and the band will be playing a one set wonder.....

i think it is coming to the time where they should be playing AT LEAST 2 full sets plus encore with a nice break inbetween.....if they went on at 8:30 or even 9:30....and people started walking into shows songs after it has begun..i think they will be more motivated to make it to shows from the beginning.....

and again...it doesnt have to be every single night, but start getting it out there that if you dont show up you are gonna miss a solo timmy set where animal comes out and plays a bass guitar, bass drum, cymbol, and a small tom or other drum for him to encorporate?? or maybe an acoustic breakfast set...for once....again

DocEllis70 · « **Reply #25 on:** June 21, 2005, 03:42:32 am »

Quote from: Buquebus

September 13th, 2001 - Harper\'s Ferry - Allston, MA

I: Hope* > Language of the Gods, Food For Thought**, Chameleon > Hard Luck Harry > Fairy > Drum Solo, Bugs > See the Light > Son of Simpleton, God Bless America
* Theme of the night ?Hope?
** Poem written by Tim Palmieri called ?911?
anyone have a copy of this little nugget?? night after the gear was ganked. anyone there?? as much as I dislike Harper\'s it would be nice to see them play this place again, due to its close proximity to my hood

followed by a birthday show for Adrian(the 14th at Iron Horse) that was unfortunatley overshadowed by the events.maybe a chance of hearin it is on that recording if its out there. the set was played well, but a universally down and out/rock bottom feeling among everyone...

Quote from: jking

Quote from: Wolfman
Small shows in CT they totally let it hang loose i.e. Sully\'s, Cafe 9, and Porter\'s, which, it should be noted, have been widely regarded as the best shows in the last year.
don\'t forget uac.

edit: whoops! this is daffodil.

Bring Back POWDER HOLLOW BARN/ (possibly)PUPPETHOUSE!!!!
actually im assuming PHB (JP) is done booking there, anyone know?

WALSH · « **Reply #26 on:** June 21, 2005, 11:37:47 am »

Last time I talked to JP from the Barn he said the insurance and Police hassles just got too much. I can see that, there is only so long that you can run a present day, care-free, NO RULES, Haight-Ashbury idealogical wonderland w/ NO AGE LIMIT and let EVERYONE DRINK that can obtain booze;)

Now puppet house would be Solid. Another idea that many other bands have employed(now esp. due to mgt. problems) is a residency somewhere in either CT/NY/MA, where-as the band would have a set night that they play a certain venue for a month/couple months. It doesn\'t have to interfere with TT, but if it did(SORRY GENCS) so be it. This strategy has worked for many of the smaller bands out there that have garnered recent rises in their popularity i.e. The Duo, Brothers Past, etc. Try to switch up the venue every month; do something to play shows until the "problem" is fixed.

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #27 on:** June 21, 2005, 12:06:10 pm »

Quote from: mvallo

Personally I liked tim\'s guitar sound better before the "stolen equipment incident". It had a more full sound, less pedal-driven effect. Now it seems to be over compressed and a bit over-driven for my taste. I think it started when he got the Mesa. This is just my opinion and I am sure others will disagree.

i agree i always like it much better when timmy\'s playing out of that silverface twin reverb rather than the mesa. i used to play out of a mesa and the thing was just WAYYYY too much for me. what did he use before the van-jack? i think he would sound best with like a blackface deluxe reverb or any pre-cbs fender amp.

WALSH · « **Reply #28 on:** June 21, 2005, 12:32:09 pm »

I like it when Timmy plays the SG.

melanie · « **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2005, 01:01:16 pm »

Quote from: WALSH

Last time I talked to JP from the Barn he said the insurance and Police hassles just got too much. I can see that, there is only so long that you can run a present day, care-free, NO RULES, Haight-Ashbury idealogical wonderland w/ NO AGE LIMIT and let EVERYONE DRINK that can obtain booze;)

:lol::lol::lol::jumpy:
I have absolutely nothing to add, that just needed repeating!